Energy and Air Quality: Sample Legislation
The following are examples of state policies addressing energy and air quality issues. These policy options- along with critical background for legislatures about the topics behind them are addressed in “Energy and Air Quality”, a series of primers by NCSL.
Greenhouse Gas Registries
California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry and Inventory SB 1771 (Sher), Chapter 1018, Statues of 2000
California Climate Action Registry SB 527 (Sher), Chapter 769, Statutes of 2001
Financial Incentives for Clean Coal
Indiana Coal Gasification Investment Tax Credit, P.L. 191-2005 (IC 6-3.1-29).
Indiana Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology (IC 8-1-8.8).
Emissions Trading
New Hampshire HB 284 (2002), Chapter 130
Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
Arizona Solar and Wind Equipment Sales Tax Exemption A.R.S. § 42-5061
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New York Solar Sales Tax Exemption S.4962-a (2005)
Idaho Renewable Energy Equipment Sales Tax Refund Idaho Code, § 63-3622QQ (HB 110 of 2005)
Maryland Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings Chapter 628 (HB 8, 2001)
Nevada Energy Efficiency and Green Buildings AB 3, 2005
Distributed Generation Incentives
Texas Interconnection Standards- Public Utility Regulatory Act Ch. 166, § 1 et seq. (1997)
California Self-Generation Incentive Program Chapter 329 (AB 970, 2000)
Connecticut Distributed Generation Requirement HB 7501 (2005)
State Purchases of Renewable Energy
Hawaii State Purchases of Renewable Energy Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 226-18 (1999)
New Mexico Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act HB 32 (2005)
Net Metering
Wyoming Net Metering Programs W.S. §37-16-101 —37-16-104 (2001)
Arkansas Renewable Energy Development Act of 2001 HB 2325, Act 7181
Net Metering and Combined Heat and Power
Georgia Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Act §46-3-50—46-3-56 (SB 93, 2001)
Multipollutant Strategies
Massachusetts Multipollutant Strategy 310 Code of Massachusetts Regulations 7.29
North Carolina Multipollutant Strategy Senate Bill 1078 (2001), Session Law 2002-4
Mercury Regulation
Connecticut Mercury Emission Standards 446c-22a-199
Massachusetts Emissions Standards for Power Plants, 310 Code of Massachusetts Regulations 7.29
Renewable Portfolio Standards
California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program Chapter 516, SB 1078 (2002)
New York Retail Renewable Portfolio Standard Case 03-E-0188, 2003
Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard SB 7, 1999
Siting
Oregon Regulation of Energy Facilities-Siting §§ 469.320-469.441
Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board G.L. c. 164, §69H
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